Portal:Speculative fiction/Anniversaries/September/September 3

September 3:

Book releases
 * 2002 - Summer Knight, a contemporary fantasy novel by author Jim Butcher
 * 2003 - Seven Seasons of Buffy, an academic publication relating to the fictional Buffyverse containing essays from science-fiction and fantasy writers
 * 2009 - Autonomy, a BBC Books original novel written by Daniel Blythe and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who
 * 2009 - The Krillitane Storm, a BBC Books original novel written by Christopher Cooper and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who
 * 2009 - The Taking of Chelsea 426, a BBC Books original novel written by David Llewellyn and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who

Film releases
 * 1920 - Algol, a German science fiction film about an alien from the planet Algol
 * 1953 - Cat-Women of the Moon, an American science fiction 3-D film directed by Arthur Hilton

Television series
 * 1983 - Gilligan's Planet, a Saturday morning science fiction cartoon produced by the Filmation animation studio and MGM/UA Television

Births
 * 1930 - Cherry Wilder (d. 2002), the pseudonym of science fiction and fantasy writer Cherry Barbara Grimm
 * 1965 - James A. Moore, an American horror novelist and short story writer
 * 1971 - D. Harlan Wilson, an American irrealism, science fiction, fantasy, horror, and Bizarro fiction short-story writer and novelist

Deaths
 * 1998 - Vince Alascia (b. 1914), an American comic book artist known for his work on Captain America during the Golden Age of comics